The Accountant 2 is the follow-up to 2016’s The Accountant, and though stars Ben Affleck and John Bernthal have great chemistry, the action is bland, the plot is convoluted, and the characterization repeats many of Hollywood’s mistakes when portraying neurodivergent people.

I suffer from what I call an Afflecktion: a love for Ben Affleck that’s also just a little apologetic, as if I know there are classier actors out there—Cillian Murphy, Adam Dr